Re: Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2014-10-27 Thread Tom Eugelink
Java 8 is not supported on WindowsXP, so installing will not work. You can try copying an installed JDK or JRE directory from a Windows 7 or 8 system and see if it runs; I had problems with that, but some say it can work. Tom On 27-10-2014 10:30, Nada Milosavljevic wrote: I have problem to

Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2013-07-23 Thread Pedro Duque Vieira
I don't think that's a good move. Not at all. I would agree more at not supporting Windows 8 which has a small market share (although it wouldn't still be a good move either) than not supporting Windows XP. That will probably make me stick to Java 7 on a project I'm working on. Just look at the

Re: Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2013-07-23 Thread Nicolas Lorain
We only support OSes that are supported by their vendors. Since MS is finally ending support for XP, so are we. On 7/23/13 9:58 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira wrote: I don't think that's a good move. Not at all. I would agree more at not supporting Windows 8 which has a small market share (although it

Re: Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2013-07-23 Thread Richard Bair
I think the basic issue is that we can't officially support something that the vendor is not going to officially support either. If Microsoft moved their support deadline, we would probably look at doing the same. Oracle has support contracts with folks and there is no way that we can support

Re: Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2013-07-23 Thread Pedro Duque Vieira
Microsoft is dropping Windows XP in 2014, maybe dropping Windows XP on 2014 would be wiser. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Richard Bair richard.b...@oracle.comwrote: I think the basic issue is that we can't officially support something that the vendor is not going to officially support

Re: Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2013-07-23 Thread Pedro Duque Vieira
Ah ok, than your decision sounds reasonable! Thanks, best regards, On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Joe McGlynn joe.mcgl...@oracle.com wrote: MS ends support for XP in April of 2014. JDK 8/FX 8 is released in March of 2014. -- On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira

Re: Java 8 not supporting Windows XP

2013-07-23 Thread Hervé Girod
XP is not supporting multitouch, so as a user keeping XP to use JavaFX is not a good idea IMO. Hervé Sent from my iPhone On 23 juil. 2013, at 19:14, Pedro Duque Vieira pedro.duquevie...@gmail.com wrote: Microsoft is dropping Windows XP in 2014, maybe dropping Windows XP on 2014 would be